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No. 258,134. Patented May 16, 1882.

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UNITED STATES 1;.)ATENT OFFICE.

MAnoUsP. soHnNoK, or FULTON, New Yoan.

CIDER ANDWINEPRESS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letterslatent No. 258,134,`dated May 16,1882'.

a A V i n Application tiled October i8, 188]. l(No model.)

` press-board for discharging the juice from the separate layers ofthe cheese independently, instead of its being forced or caused to drain from the upper drain through the lower layers, as with cheese-racksheretotbre used.

AThe invention further relates to an alarm and4 automatic device for stopping the operation of the press when any desired degree of pressure is reached, .4 j j In order thatthe invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of a press illustrating theinvention. Fig. 2 is aI plan ofthe same with the driving mechanism reversed. Fig. 3 is a plan of the bed and the traveling rack mounted thereon. Figs. 4 and 'are respectively a perspective view and a vertical section of one of the improved press-boards formed with U-shaped grooves for draining the juice, as hereinafter described. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section of the press.

A represents a bed or platform supporting the sliding rack or table B, which, when in the position for laying up the cheese, rests on elevatedrails C (l, and when the cheese is laid up is moved into position beneath the press beam and follower, resting solidly on the bed A for receiving the pressure.

E represents a horizontal shaft extending transversely across the platform A, mounted on suitable bearings thereon and rotated by a crank and pinion, F, or other suitable means. Upon said shaftare coiled chains G G, attached to t-he sliding carriage or table B, for the purpose of moving the`same,`w ith the cheese upon it, from the point 1, whereit is laid, up tothe point 2, beneath the press-,beam Hand follower M. The said beam is operated by nuts I, driven by gearing J J J', and a chain, J2, from a counter-shaft, K, and working on vertical screws L L. For hand-presses of smaller size a single beam isemployed, and this may be worked by crank-gearing. For large power- `presses I employ two beams with four screws and drive the counter-shaft by means ofa belt, N, and pulley O, 0 representing an idle or loose pulley on the same shaft, to which the belt is shifted when the press is to be stopped, as hereinafter described.

My improved press-board is shown at P, and in detached views in Figs. et and 5. It is made with any desirable numberot U shaped grooves, p, forming channels for the expressed juice, and causing the same to be carried to the outside of the cheese, instead of draining through the subjacentlayers of the cheese, as with open racks in commonuse.

Q. represents the customary cloth in which the pomace is laid up on the grooved pressboards. The platform A is providedwith lon gitudinal cleats a a near each side,for conducting the juice to the discharge end`3 thereof from the cheese being laid up `at 1, andwith a transverse cleat, a2, bywhich the juice is conducted to the channels formed by the'side cleats, aar. These cleats are thus arranged to form `separate channels on the respective sides ofthe platform, through either ot which the juice may be caused to How by movable plugs or stops a4 placed on one or the other side, so asto close either of the channels. I am thus enabled 4to open either one of thc channels formed bythe cleats a a on the opposite sides of the platform, so that the juice drained from the cheese which is laid up at the point l may be conducted by the cleat a and delivered through the hole r to a receptacle atR, at one. side of the platform, whilefrom another cheese, which is under pressure at the point 2, the juice is discharged and drained through the hole r3 to another receptacle at R', the hole r2 being plugged. Then when the pressing is completed the press is run up, the pressed cheese moved forward to thel end 3 for taking it down, the new cheese is moved under the press, and the plug removed from r2 to r3, so that the expressed juice will pass through the ICO 2 l 25ans hole r2 into the receptacle R, which received the drainings from the same cheese while being laid up. This provision is of great utility and convenience in a custom-press, enabling the operator to press the apples of different customers in succession, delivering the juice from each into its appropriate receptacle and causing the work ot' draining from the cheese which is being laid up and from that which is under pressure to go on without interruption or interference.

In a power-press it is important to limit the pressure to a proper maximum. In order that this may be effected, I employ a lever, S, fulcrumed on the face ot' the press-beam and actuated by a push-rod, T, driven against its shorter horizontal arm bythe springing ofthe follower M, causing an increased movement to the longer ,upper end of the lever S in a horizontal direction, and through the medium of a transverse rod, T', shifting the alarm-bar U laterally, so that it will be struck by a tappet on the wheel J and cause the ringing of a bell, j', each time the said tappet comes round. If the press is not stopped, the continued springing of the follower M thrusts the bar U completely off its support U', at which time a tooth or lug, u, on said bar comes in the path ofthe tappetj, said tappet being thus made lo draw or push the bar U endwise, and causing it, through the medium of a bell-crank lever, V, and a beltshifter, W, attached thereto, to throw the belt N from the driving-pulley O to the idle-pulley O', and thus stop the operation of the press.

In order thatthedriving-chaius J2 may have an equal and proper tension in all positions of the press-beam H, the counter-shaft K runs in swinging hangers K', connected to the beam by a rigid strut, K2, boxed onto the. shaft or otherwise connected at its ends to the hangers and beam, so as to adapt it to follow the pressbeam as the latter descends, as illustrated in Fig. 6, and maintain an equal tension of the driving-chain J2 at all points. The press-beam is thus relieved of horizontal strain, and the necessity for a head-block or upper framingis dispensed with.

My separate grooved press-boards, which are employed in place of the open-racks in customary use, possess a greatadvantage in pressing the pomace by keeping each layer by itself and not permitting the juice from one layer to drain into the layer below it. The effect of this improvement is to press the respective layers of the cheese as dry as possible, leaving no juice between them in the grooves to drain into the layer below or to be absorbed by the spongy mass of pressed pomace when the press is run up. The said press-boards are preferably made of bass-wood about threeeighths of an inch thiek,the U-shaped grooves p being planed lengthwise of the boards a quarter to three-eighths of an inch wide at the top, and leaving a thickness of one-eighth of an inch uncut between the two layers of pom- Iace, the board thus forming a shelf to make a perfect drain for the cheese, as well as a rack which is quite effective for carrying oll the juice, and is easy to keep clean from slime and filth, the upper side being groovedin the manner described, while the lower side may be either similarly grooved or may be smooth.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In combination with a cider-press, the double or extension platform A, provided with a sliding rack or carriage, B, for shifting the `cheese from the place where it is laid up to the place of pressing, substantially as set forth.

2. The traveling rack or carriage B, traveling on ways C G, elevating it above the bed for drainingand givingitafirm bearing thereon for pressing, substantially as described.

3; In a cider-press, a double or extension platform adapted for the laying up of a cheese at one point and the pressing thereof at another point, and with cleats a a' a2, and` separate discharge-openings r i" lordeliverin g the juice into different receptacles.

4. The combination of the beam H, follower M, push-rods T T', lever S, alarm-bar U, and tappet-wheel Jj,for sounding an alarm when the press approaches the proper limit ofstrain, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with acider-press, ofthe automatic belt-shifting device for throwing the driving mechanism out of gear by the springing ofthe follower when the press reaches the proper limit of strain.

G. In a cider-press, the combination of a moving beam, H, and a counter-shaft, K, the latter running in swinging hangers K' and connected to the beam and its gearing by a strut, K2, and driving-chain J2, so that an equal tension of the said chain will be mailitained in different positions of the beam.

MARCUS P. SGHENCK. lVitnesses:

Oeuvres KNIGHT, JOHN L. CoNDRoN.

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